Thunderstorm Wind, Rock Island
- When
- June 23, 4:19 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -90.500
Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 23, 1968
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- June 23, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -87.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Will
- When
- June 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -88.080
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- June 23, 9:38 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -88.500
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Indiana, June 23, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 23, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 23, 1968
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 23, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 23, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 23, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 23, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 23, 1968
- Hail in Montana, June 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 23, 1968
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10007773, 10007774, 10007775, 10007776.